“Without much accuracy, with strangely little love at all, your family will decide for you exactly who you are, and they'll keep nudging, coaxing, poking you until you've changed into that very simple shape. ”

“Stories only happen to people who can tell them.”

“Know something, sugar? Stories only happen to people who can tell them.”

“We'd die here, old together, safe with each other's secrets. We were each other's juvenilia”

“The tree feels splintery, nasty to my touch; it feels Floridian, more reptile than vegetable, more stucco than stone. I do loathe this state, their Elba.”

“No matter how much you skake and dance, you always get some on your pants.”

“Dear Teddy, you are without a doubt the best boyfriend in the world. You're kind. You're generous. You threaten to maim people for me. -- Billy”